Brave Browser Privacy Policy

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FIRST SEEN 2026-08-28 · VERSION 20260828_rev01 · FIRST CAPTURED VERSION

What changed, in plain language

Brave updated its privacy policy with small wording changes to two sections. Brave News is no longer described as "off by default," and the Email Aliases section adds a promise that Brave will not reveal your emails or aliases unless it gets a valid legal request. Nothing about what data Brave collects, keeps, or shares actually got worse.

Changes that may affect you

Policy no longer says Brave News starts turned offMINOR

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The old policy clearly told you Brave News was off until you switched it on. That sentence was deleted. Brave News pulls content from Brave's servers and your device, so whether it runs without you asking matters. The policy no longer answers that question, so you can't tell from the document alone whether the feature is now on when you install or update the browser.

“Brave News is a private, content news reader integrated into the Brave browser.”

What you can do — Open Brave's settings and check whether Brave News is switched on. If you don't want it, turn it off there or hide the feed from the new tab page.

Changelog

± CHANGEDBrave News no longer described as off by default
The policy used to say Brave News is turned off unless you turn it on. That sentence is gone, and the wording about content appearing "by default" when you turn it on was reworded to just describe how default content is picked. This may mean Brave News is now on by default, or it may just be a wording cleanup — the policy no longer tells you either way.
Brave News is a private, content news reader integrated into the Brave browser. It is off by default.
Brave News is a private, content news reader integrated into the Brave browser.
+ ADDEDPromise not to reveal your email aliases without a legal request
Brave added a new commitment: it will not hand over the emails or aliases tied to your Brave Account to anyone unless it receives a valid legal request. This is a new protection that was not written down before.
We will never reveal emails or aliases associated with your Brave Account unless obligated to do so by a valid legal request.
± CHANGEDReworded description of Email Aliases
The description of what Email Aliases does was rewritten. It used to say the feature hides your identity and keeps your inbox free of spam; now it says it hides your real email address. Same feature, plainer wording.
Brave Email Aliases allows you to sign up for services without revealing your identity and keep your email free from spam. Protect your privacy by generating unique addresses that forward to your primary email inbox.
Brave Email Aliases allows you to sign up for services without revealing your real email address, by generating unique addresses that forward to your primary email inbox.

Full text changes

COLOUR MARKS THE SEVERITY OF A FLAGGED CLAUSE · + AND − MARK ADDED AND REMOVED

 Brave browser includes a built-in translation feature for use in the desktop and Android browsers.
 We use third party translation software ([Lingvanex](https://lingvanex.com/)) hosted on our infrastructure to provide in-page translation. Brave does not collect the content of webpages being translated, and any text submitted to our translation server is deleted once it's translated. We also remove IP address information associated with your requests. We do this to protect your privacy. More details on Brave Translate can be found [here](https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/8963107404813-How-do-I-use-Brave-Translate).
 ### Brave News
+Brave News is a private, content news reader integrated into the Brave browser. It is off by default.
+Brave News is a private, content news reader integrated into the Brave browser.
+When you turn on Brave News, a range of content is presented by default. The default content is selected using [Brave Search](https://brave.com/search/). You can at any time change the default content settings and choose what content you want appearing in your feed. You can also add feeds manually by subscribing directly to publishers' content using publicly available RSS feeds.
+The default content for Brave News is selected using [Brave Search](https://brave.com/search/). You can at any time change the default content settings and choose what content you want appearing in your feed. You can also add feeds manually by subscribing directly to publishers' content using publicly available RSS feeds.
 To protect your privacy, Brave employs a combination of methods for delivering content that ensure your browser cannot be identified or tracked by Brave or any third party. Headlines are made available on a public CDN in text files, the same file for all users for each region. Some images from publishers and images in the Brave News user interface are processed to improve performance and ensure they display correctly in the Brave News user experience. Processed images are all delivered through a private and encrypted proxy method. The proxy removes and does not retain IP addresses before passing the encrypted request to the private content server, which then sends the encrypted reply back to the browser via the proxy. All other publisher images are collected directly from the publishers from your device. When you add RSS feeds manually, the text and images are collected directly from the publisher of the RSS feed and included in Brave News on the client. The feed of text and images from Brave and from your RSS feeds is temporarily stored on your device, and it is replaced upon starting or refreshing your Brave News session.
 Brave News will offer suggestions of sources you might like to follow. If you choose to follow a suggested source it will be added to your Following list; you can always unfollow a source via the Settings panel. The suggestions and your choices are determined on your browser and never leave your device. Your Brave News sessions are not logged or saved by Brave. This information is private to you and only you.
 Brave's [Suggestions service](https://github.com/brave/source-suggestions/) is open source and available to view via GitHub.
 **Please note**: The RSS feed content you add is collected directly from the feed source and not proxied by Brave. The Brave browser fetches it without ever hitting Brave servers, and Brave never knows anything about your chosen RSS feeds.
 It's your choice. You can add, follow, unfollow, or hide content sources any time.
 ### Brave Email Aliases
+Brave Email Aliases allows you to sign up for services without revealing your identity and keep your email free from spam. Protect your privacy by generating unique addresses that forward to your primary email inbox.
+Brave Email Aliases allows you to sign up for services without revealing your real email address, by generating unique addresses that forward to your primary email inbox.
+Once you sign up for Email Aliases, we will store the primary email address associated with your Brave Account and any email aliases that you generate. Brave does not read the contents of these emails, except to perform standard spam and virus filtering. In case of temporary email delivery failures (e.g., if your primary mailbox is full), we will periodically try to resend the email for up to 24 hours, before deleting the message. Any notes you create for aliases are stored locally on your device, unless you use Brave Sync, in which case they're encrypted end-to-end between devices on the same Sync chain. Only you can decrypt or read these notes. Learn more about how Brave Sync protects your privacy [here](https://brave.com/).
+Once you sign up for Email Aliases, we will store the primary email address associated with your Brave Account and any email aliases that you generate. Brave does not read the contents of these emails, except to perform standard spam and virus filtering. In case of temporary email delivery failures (e.g., if your primary mailbox is full), we will periodically try to resend the email for up to 24 hours, before deleting the message. We will never reveal emails or aliases associated with your Brave Account unless obligated to do so by a valid legal request. Any notes you create for aliases are stored locally on your device, unless you use Brave Sync, in which case they're encrypted end-to-end between devices on the same Sync chain. Only you can decrypt or read these notes. Learn more about how Brave Sync protects your privacy [here](https://brave.com/).
 Brave uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Email Aliases. All messages are encrypted-at-rest.
 For metrics and debugging, we collect limited data and log events that are deleted within 14 days. We do not log the content of the email, and we do not log sender information.
 Learn more about Brave Email Aliases and how it works [here](https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/45530506862349).